Comment by kgwgk

Comment by kgwgk 11 hours ago

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Every object has been subject to forces other gravity at some point.

And the point is that sometimes comets do indeed fall into the Sun. If you object to people calling that a comet that’s fine - we can use whatever name you want.

Gravityloss 10 hours ago

The point is that the gravity interactions are time reversible. Not so with friction etc.

  • kgwgk 9 hours ago

    Sure, nothing in the laws of physics prevents a celestial body from distancing itself from the Sun or from the Moon. But it would like suspicious! Wouldn't you suspect that you were watching a reversed video?